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FarmerDave

07-10-2005 22:43:53




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Is there any other way than a file to put a carriage bolt in a 1/4" to 3/8" hole? This is metal of course, like a hinge on a gate...




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matthies

07-11-2005 20:27:25




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 Re: Square Peg in reply to FarmerDave, 07-10-2005 22:43:53  
Once the hole is drilled, use a die grinder with a small tapered bit. Done it many times. chris



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IA Roy

07-11-2005 19:28:15




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 Re: Square Peg in reply to FarmerDave, 07-10-2005 22:43:53  
Years ago I did quite a bit of this while building a trailer. Drill a round hold slightly smaller than the distance across the corners of the shoulder. Then open vise up slightly larger than the corner distance and drive the bolt shoulder thru the hole. I was using approximately 16 ga sheet metal. Try it several times to get the right drilled size. If you had a square shaft the right size and ground one end flat and tapered it might also size it correctly.

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youngster

07-11-2005 19:10:04




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 Re: Square Peg in reply to FarmerDave, 07-10-2005 22:43:53  
if it were me id take the carriage bolt and round that on my bench grinder seems a bit easier it shoudl still tighten up my 1.5 cents



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Fred Martin

07-11-2005 18:51:47




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 Re: Square Peg in reply to FarmerDave, 07-10-2005 22:43:53  
I was acting real technical with an old mechanic friend when I was a young man telling him how to square a hole and he said "I know how to square a hole....drive a harrow tooth in a hog"s butt". You don"t win "em all! As thin as a gate hinge is...a good square file and a few strokes would do it. If it"s close you might drive it through if you got a heavy piece of metal with a hole about the same size as the bolt to put underneath so as not to distort the hinge when pounding on the carriage bolt. Fred OH

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Bernie in MA

07-11-2005 17:36:06




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 Re: Square Peg in reply to FarmerDave, 07-10-2005 22:43:53  
I've squared a round hole with a torch. Might be tricky on a thin hinge.



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Coloken

07-11-2005 05:37:24




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 Re: Square Peg in reply to FarmerDave, 07-10-2005 22:43:53  
A square, tapered punch, like a railroad spike?
Black smith shops used to punch square holes.



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